Mrs. Augusta
Jacobi, age 79, died of a heart ailment at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Frank Bernitt, this afternoon. The body will lie in
state at the Lulloff Funeral Home at Colby until Monday afternoon
when services will be conducted at two o’clock at Christ
Evangelical Lutheran Church, Abbotsford, Wis. Internment will be made in
the Holton cemetery.

Mrs. Jacobi, a
pioneer resident, is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Frank Bernitt,
Abbotsford; three sons, Edwin, Henry and Herbert, Town of Holton.
There are 23 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Funeral services
were conducted for Mrs. Augusta Jacobi, Monday afternoon, at 1:30
at the Lulloff funeral home, Colby, and at 2:00 o’clock at
Christ Evangelical Lutheran church. The Rev. J. Brandt conducted
the services, during which hymns were sung by the children’s
choir and one by members of the Ladies’ Aid. Internment was
made in the Town of Holton cemetery.

Mrs. Augusta
Jacobi was born Augusta Schmitz, Aug. 16, 1861, in Newton. In 1880
she was united in marriage to Henry Jacobi of Centerville.
Immediately after their marriage they moved to the Town of Holton
where they established a home in the wilderness. They lived on the
farm until 1912 when they moved to Colby, Wis. In 1919 they came to
Abbotsford to make their home.

While in the Town
of Holton they were among the first to organize the St. John
Lutheran congregation. While living in Colby they were members of
the Zion congregation and after coming to Abbotsford they became
members of Christ Lutheran church. Mrs. Jacobi was an active member
of the Ladies’ Aid.

Mrs. Jacobi, the
mother of six children, enjoyed good health all her life until 18
months ago, when she was seriously ill with a heart ailment. She
recovered from this until a month ago when she again became ill.
Since the last illness she made her home with her daughter, Mrs.
Frank Bernitt, where she died at noon on Thursday, Oct. 3.

Mrs. Jacobi is
survived by 4 children, Henry and Edwin, Town of Holton; Herbert,
Marathon City; and Mrs. Frank Bernitt, Abbotsford, Wis. Twenty-three
grand children, three great grand children, a brother, Henry
Schmitz, Manitowoc also survive. Her husband and two children
preceded her in death.